Auburn Research Symposium

Auburn Research Symposium gives students an opportunity to share their research university-wide. Undergraduate and graduate students participated through oral presentations, posters, and creative scholarship displays. Scroll down to view the award winners for the symposium.

For more information, visit the Auburn Research Symposium website.

Award Archive

Auburn Research Symposium 2023

Presentation Winners

  1. University-Wide Undergraduate Winners in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
  • 1st Place: Emma Hrucka, “AAV-mediated anti-hormone antibody therapy as a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease”
  • 2nd Place: Wesley Rogers, “Assessment of early-stage thermal manipulation on broiler chicken muscle satellite cell populationdensities at transfer and at hatch”
  • 2nd Place: Peyton Brewer, “Strength in numbers? A meta-analysis on group work and student performance”
  • 3rd Place: Toby Sizemore, “A biophysical and biochemical study of the central rod domain of dystrophin”
  1. University-Wide Graduate Winners in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
  • 1st Place: Ally Jackson, “Evaluating the effect of head removal during cervicale dislocation on bird welfare”
  • 2nd Place: Gerardo Ponciano, “Effect of different inclusion levels of a multi-component enzyme on growth performance and nutrient digestibility of young chicks”
  • 3rd Place: Brittany Wall, “Evaluation of dietary nutrient reduction on broiler chicken growth performance, carcass characteristics and breast meat quality defects”
  1. University-Wide Undergraduate Winners in Human Sciences, Social Sciences, Creative Arts, Nursing and Humanities 
  • 1st Place: Maia Engelkes, “The Relationship Between Stride Mechanics at Foot Contact and Hitting Performance in Collegiate Softball Athletes”
  • 2nd Place: Daniel Morris, “The effects of anxiety training on performance under pressure: investigating the psychological mechanisms”
  • 3rd Place: Lillian Friel, “Interior design of telehealth spaces to address the mental health crisis among adolescents in rural areas”
  1. University-Wide Graduate Winners in Human Sciences, Social Sciences, Creative Arts, and Humanities 
  • 1st Place: Sydney Waitz-Kudla, “Does suicidality in veterinarians reflect the general population? Trends across career stages and a test of the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide”
  • 2nd Place: Cassidy Brydon, “Examining the Effects of Response Monitoring Instructions on Endorsements of Suicidal Ideation”
  • 3rd Place: Dibyajyoti Sinha, “Effect of political partisanship on environmental patent applications in United States: 1980-2014”

College and School Awards

  1. College of Agriculture
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: Luke Eller, “Oncolytic adenoviruses as a canine cancer therapy”
  • Graduate Student Winner: Caroline Gregg, “Culturing at physiological temperature alters myogenesis of broiler chicken Pectoralis major muscle satellite cells”
  1. College of Architecture, Design, & Construction
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: Aubrey Sanders, “Urban Economics and Environmental design in the Montgomery peacock tract”
  • Graduate Student Winner: Kangkhita Bosu, “Using Gehl theory to evaluate the landscape performance of Gulf State Park, Gulf Shores, Alabama.”
  1. Raymond J. Harbert College of Business
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: Audrey Osborne, “Small business digitization before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic”
  • Graduate Student Winner: N/A
  1. College of Education
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: N/A
  • Graduate Student Winner: Keith Huffman, “Bittersweet: The conceptual history and therapeutic effects of nostalgia”
  1. Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: Robin Weaver, “Viscoelastic Bias in Bistable Mechanical Metamaterials”
  • Graduate Student Winner: Xueyang, “Fast and high-resolution NLoS beam switching over commercial off-the-shelf mmWave devices”
  1. School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: N/A
  • Graduate Student Winner: Gina Lamka, “Eco-evolutionary models of population decline: How and when can we use connectivity to support and restore populations on the brink of extirpation?”
  1. College of Human Sciences
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: Kendall McCallum, “Recruitment in a Pediatric Wellness Initiative, Nourish Wellness”
  • Graduate Student Winner: Kelly Martin, “A new perspective for the maternal mortality crisis: The potential impact of home interior design on maternal mental health in the postpartum year”
  1. College of Liberal Arts
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: N/A
  • Graduate Student Winner: Louise Schulmann-Darsy, “”Haywood and twenty-first century romance””
  1. School of Nursing
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: N/A
  • Graduate Student Winner: N/A
  1. Harrison School of Pharmacy
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: Rishi Nadar, “Elucidate the neuroprotective effects of Curcuma longa against hyperglycemia combined with hypoarousal-induced clinical CNS Anomalies”
  • Graduate Student Winner: Manjusha Annaji, “3D printed capsaicin loaded rod-shaped implant for the treatment of obesity and hyperlipidemia”
  1. College of Sciences and Mathematics
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: Abigail Weir, “Functional analysis of DNA Ligase gene polymorphisms in human cancers”
  • Graduate Student Winner: Wonil Choi, “Egg-cellent endeavors: Exploring Eggshell Pores and Their Role in Shaping Avian Embryo Thermal Tolerance”
  1. College of Veterinary Medicine
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: Frank Wilbanks, “Egg-cellent endeavors: Exploring Eggshell Pores and Their Role in Shaping Avian Embryo Thermal Tolerance”
  • Graduate Student Winner: Huifei Zheng, “The nuclear receptor corepressor in the adrenal gland controls the cell fate of aged adrenocortical cells”
  1. Auburn University at Montgomery
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: Juan Rodriguez, “Development of macrophage-tumor fusion model
  • Graduate Student Winner: N/A
Auburn Research Symposium 2022

Oral Presentation Winners

  1. University-Wide Undergraduate Winners in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
  • 1st Place: Catherine Walls, Poultry Science, “Textural characteristics of dehydrated pet treats generated using broiler wing tips and a structure forming agent”
  • 2nd Place: Nicole Anthony, Biological Sciences, “Characterizing the structure-to-function relationship of an antisense long non-coding RNA associated with the β-myosin heavy chain gene of skeletal and cardiac muscle”
  • 3rd Place: Madison Hogans, Pathobiology, “Elucidation of canine adenovirus type two tropism can lead to improved gene therapy”
  1. University-Wide Graduate Winners in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
  • 1st Place: Catherine Walls, Poultry Science, “Textural characteristics of dehydrated pet treats
  • generated using broiler wing tips and a structure forming agent”
  • 2nd Place: Nicole Anthony, Biological Sciences, “Characterizing the structure-to-function
    relationship of an antisense long non-coding RNA associated with the β-myosin heavy chain gene of skeletal and cardiac muscle”
  • 3rd Place: Madison Hogans, Pathobiology, “Elucidation of canine adenovirus type two tropism
    can lead to improved gene therapy”
  1. University-Wide Undergraduate Winners in Human Sciences, Social Sciences, Creative Arts, Nursing and Humanities 
  • 1st Place: Jordan Windham, Political Science, “The politics of perception: How the White House manipulates national crisis narratives”
  • 2nd Place: N/A
  • 3rd Place: N/A
  1. University-Wide Graduate Winners in Human Sciences, Social Sciences, Creative Arts, and Humanities 
  • 1st Place: Priyadarshni Patel, Nutrition, Dietetics, and Hospitality Management, “Racial variability in methylation of NRF1 and FTO gene in childhood obesity”
  • 2nd Place: Paulo Mesquita, Kinesiology, “Effects of aging and long-term aerobic exercise on mitochondrial dynamics in the brain of rats”
  • 3rd Place: Wenting Jiang, Business Analytics, “Using AI techniques to understand the dynamic nature of COVID-19 related news topics”

College and School Awards

  1. College of Agriculture
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: John Rogers, Poultry Science, “Evaluation of textural characteristics of pet treats generated from pressure cooked broiler wing tips with increasing inclusions of a structure forming component”
  • Graduate Student Winner (tie):
  • John Brule, Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, “First record of an ectoparasite,
    Dactylogyrus cf. skrjabini (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae), infecting silver carp,
    Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844) (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) in North
    America”
  • Jorge Banegas, Poultry Science, “Textural characteristics of raw pet treats generated from
    mixtures of broiler liver and heart”
  1. College of Architecture, Design, & Construction
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: N/A
  • Graduate Student Winner: N/A
  1. Raymond J. Harbert College of Business
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: N/A
  • Graduate Student Winner (print two identical certificates for each person): Alexander Hamrick &
    Sana Zafar, Management, “Don’t observe me, interact with me! How stress appraisals of remote
    monitoring influence employees’ voice and silence behaviors”
  1. College of Education
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: N/A
  • Graduate Student Winner (print two separate certificates, one for Jones and one for Cabral):
    Chloe Jones, Kinesiology, “Comparing the ring-fit adventure versus a sprint-interval + resistance
    training intervention on body composition”
  • Daniel Cabral, Kinesiology, “Does learning a skill with the expectation of teaching it impair the
    skill’s execution under psychological pressure if the skill is learned with analogy instruction”
  1. Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: Mason Jeffers, Mechanical Engineering, “Vertical axis water
  • turbine”
  • Graduate Student Winner (print two separate certificates, one for Amiri and one for Hinkle):
    Farshad Amiri, Chemical Engineering, “Sorting of presenescent cells from heterogeneous
    populations using microfluidics”
    John Hinkle, Chemical Engineering, “Nickel hydroxide growth on activated lignin-based carbon
    fiber to improve specific capacitance retention”
  1. School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: Brieanne Dickson, Microbiology, “Nanocellulose-based
  • antimicrobial systems for mitigating E.coli outbreaks in water bodies”
  • Graduate Student Winner: Sydney Brake, Sustainable Biomaterials and Packaging, “Surface
    interactions of common insecticide systems on model films using quartz crystal microbalance
    with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D) and surface plasmon pesonance (SPR)”
  1. College of Human Sciences
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: N/A
  • Graduate Student Winner: Emily Brigham, Human Development and Family Studies, “A
    longitudinal assessment of the contribution of peer victimization and peer beliefs to a
    dependent teacher-student relationship”
  1. College of Liberal Arts
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: N/A
  • Graduate Student Winner: Nathan Moore, History, “When E.T. encounters ‘psychohistory’:
    Radio astronomy, C/SETI, and deep space biosignatures – from pulp fiction to reality”
  1. School of Nursing
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: N/A
  • Graduate Student Winner: N/A
  1. Harrison School of Pharmacy
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: Dylan Bowen, Drug Discovery and Development, “New
  • psychoactive substances: A threat to the current and future society”
  • Graduate Student Winner: Olasubomi Akintola, Drug Discovery and Development, “The role of
    small nucleolar RNAs in the response of multiple myeloma to treatment with proteasome
    inhibitors”
  1. College of Sciences and Mathematics
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: Chloe Moore, Biological Sciences, “Honey, turn out the lights!
  • The effects of constant light at night on the beak color of zebra finches”
  • Graduate Student Winner: Victoria Spencer, Biological Sciences, “Ant biodiversity and potential
    response to a dominant competitor in pine-hardwood forests of Central Alabama”
  1. College of Veterinary Medicine
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: Elizabeth Ledbetter, Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology,
  • “Screening of novel KRAS-G12C inhibitors for their potential to induce MDR1 gene expression in
  • LS180 human colon cancer cells”
  • Graduate Student Winner: Hailey Quercia, Pathobiology, “Patterns of morbidity and mortality in
    Alabama broiler chickens
  1. Auburn University at Montgomery
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: Alexandra Jackson, Chemistry, “Suppression of ROS by
  • beverages”
  • Graduate Student Winner: N/A

Poster Presentation Winners

  1. University-Wide Undergraduate Winners in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
  • 1st Place: Alicia Taylor, Chemistry/Biochemistry, “Antimicrobial plastics: The development of novel, rechargeable N-halamine polymer blends for use in food processing conveyor belts”
  • 2nd Place: Laura Downey, Biomedical Sciences, “Determination of effectiveness of novel liposomal formulation of proteasome inhibitors in tumors”
  • 3rd Place: Mark Roces, Mechanical Engineering, “A measurement device for quantifying neuromuscular impairment in hands “
  1. University-Wide Graduate Winners in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
  • 1st Place: Arthur Lamounier Moura, Forestry, “Flammability and regeneration impacts of increasing longleaf pine leaf litter contribution to the fuel bed of mixed pine-oak forests of the Southeastern U.S.”
  • 2nd Place: Y. Savanie Fernando, Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, “The organization and
    differentiation of the adrenocortical cell zonation in the adrenal gland of chicken (Gallus gallus
    domesticus)”
  • 3rd Place: Sujan Gautam, Biological Sciences, “An evolutionarily conserved Wnt/Sp5 signaling
    cassette is essential for anterior-posterior axis specification and patterning in sea urchin
    embryos”
  1. University-Wide Undergraduate Student Winners in Human Sciences, Social Sciences, Creative Arts, Nursing and Humanities
  • 1st Place: Haley Shufflebarger, Interior Design, “Designing prototypical sleeping rooms for longterm memory care facility with special attention to lighting controls and circadian rhythms”
  • 2nd Place: Jenna Wettstein, Psychology, “Abuse, sexual discomfort, and victim typology in
    adjudicated youth”
  • 3rd Place: Jessica Minieri, Psychology, “Impaired behavioral insight abilities in severe cannabis
    use disorder”
  1. University-Wide Graduate Student Winners in Human Sciences, Social Sciences, Creative Arts, and Humanities
  • 1st Place: Sydney Waitz-Kudla, Psychology, “Veterinarians’ perceptions of mental health issues and pentobarbital storage as a suicide prevention strategy”
  • 2nd Place: Mariah Morton, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, “Determining medical speech-language pathology deserts in rural Alabama”
  • 3rd Place: Makeda Nurradin, Curriculum and Teaching, “Aspects of indigenous knowledge
    curriculums: A systematic literature review”

College and School Awards

  1. College of Agriculture
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: Walker Olive, Applied Biotechnology, “Identifying Species of bacteria that assist in survival in environments with an extremely high salt content or high temperature”
  • Graduate Student Winner: Axel Zimeri, Horticulture, “Comparing three Southern high bush blueberry cultivars (Jewel, Victoria, and Meadowlark) grown in containers”
  1. College of Architecture, Design, & Construction
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: Ian Krohn, Environmental Design, “A tool for comparative analysis of prioritized building revitalization in urban America”
  • Graduate Student Winner: Whitney Brock, Building Science, “Effects of lighting color in a university testing environment”
  1. Raymond J. Harbert College of Business
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: N/A
  • Graduate Student Winner: N/A
  1. College of Education
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: Daniel Morris, Kinesiology, “The effect of implicit learning and movement reinvestment on performance under pressure”
  • Graduate Student Winner: Oluwagbemiga DadeMatthews, Kinesiology, “Quality of life, device satisfaction, and functional status of lower limb prostheses clients”
  1. Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: William Beattie, Civil and Environmental Engineering, “CO2 storage in geological formation: Impact of formation characteristics”
  • Graduate Student Winner: Pravin Parasakthi Aravindhan, Chemical Engineering, “Methanol and carboxylate co-transport in sulfonated cation exchange membranes: Effect of poly(ethylene glycol) phenyl ether acrylate as a blocking group”
  1. School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: Evelyn Pearson, Sustainable Biomaterials and Packaging, “Characterization of cellulose nanofibrils dewatered through dialysis”
  • Graduate Student Winner: Sylvester Menanyih, Forestry, “Survey of volatile organic chemicals emitted by ophiostomatoid fungi for monitoring and evaluating bark beetles in the Southeastern United States”
  1. College of Human Sciences
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: Xuan Phuong T. Tran, Interior Design, “Neurodiversity in the workplace: A guideline for designing an environment that supports neurodivergent employees”
  • Graduate Student Winner: Allison Tidwell, Human Development and Family Sciences, “In it for the long haul: Preliminary analyses of work- and family-related factors as predictors of service members’ intentions to remain in the military”
  1. College of Liberal Arts
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: Dorothy Dreelin, Psychology, “Anxiety sensitivity as a moderator on the relationship between emotion regulation and alcohol use coping motives”
  • Graduate Student Winner: Antoinette Smith, Community Planning, “GIS techniques and spatial data analysis for the population of the United States”
  1. School of Nursing
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: Sarah Servine, Nursing, “Statistical analysis of a school-based screening effort examining childhood obesity trends in Alabama’s blackbelt region”
  • Graduate Student Winner: N/A
  1. Harrison School of Pharmacy
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: Phillip McCain, Pharmacology, “Evaluating the beneficial potential of American skullcap in global healthcare”
  • Graduate Student Winner: Charlotte Muse, Drug Discovery and Development, “Production and functional plasma protein binding of a novel Staphylococcus aureus-derived hemostatic agent”
  1. College of Sciences and Mathematics
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: Claire Bailey, Biological Sciences, “Using high-quality photography to extract honey bee colony development”
  • Graduate Student Winner: Emma Rhodes, Biological Sciences, “Migration distance co-varies with hematological traits in birds”
  1. College of Veterinary Medicine
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: Paige Hall, Veterinary Medicine, “Treatment of feline GM1 gangliosidosis by cerebrospinal fluid delivery of adeno-associated viral gene therapy”
  • Graduate Student Winner: Samantha Bradley, Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, “Effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances on hormonal activity in the male rat gonad”
  1. Auburn University at Montgomery
  • Undergraduate Student Winner: Samantha Mejia, Biology and Environmental Science, “Digitizing the AUM herbarium: A valuable resource for biodiversity information”
  • Graduate Student Winner: N/A
Auburn Research Symposium 2021

Oral Presentation Winners

  1. University-Wide Undergraduate Winners in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
  • 1st Place: Shalom Kim, Chemistry and Biochemistry (AUM), “Remdesivir Triphosphate blocks DNA synthesis and promotes exonucleolytic activity of mitochondria DNA polymerase gamma”
  • 2nd Place: Elijah Carroll, Entomology and Plant Pathology, “Visitation of beneficial insects to seasonal honeydew produced by crape myrtle bark scale (Coccidae: Eriococcidae)”
  • 3rd Place: Sarah Cain, Forestry and Wildlife Science, “Analyzing the efficacy of pellet count surveys to estimate density of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)”
  1. University-Wide Graduate Winners in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
  • 1st Place: Kaelyn Fogelman, Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, “Using aerobic scope to evaluate the thermal tolerance of aquatic invertebrates”
  • 2nd Place: Paul Swiney, Aerospace Engineering, “Preliminary analysis of the aerodynamic responses of a red-tailed hawk traversing a vertical gust”
  • 3rd Place: Roman Vasquez, Mathematics and Statistics, “Bipartite graphs and line segments defined by sets”
  • University-Wide Undergraduate Winners in Human Sciences, Social Sciences, Creative Arts, Nursing and Humanities 
  • 1st Place: Stanley Wijaya, Nutrition, Dietetics and Hospitality Management, “Obesity modulates colorectal cancer predicted drug sensitivity in a consensus molecular subtype specific manner”
  • 2nd Place: Molly Morris, Nutrition, Dietetics and Hospitality Management, “Exploration of the interaction of mood disturbance, serum fibrinogen, and gut microbiome in adults”
  • 3rd Place: Elise Sappington and Jessica Leonard, Anthropology, “Experiences of international students enrolled in a U.S. university during Covid-19”
  1. University-Wide Graduate Winners in Human Sciences, Social Sciences, Creative Arts, and Humanities 
  • 1st Place: Juliana Parma, Kinesiology, “Stay positive: A meta-analysis of enhanced expectancies on motor learning”
  • 2nd Place: Priscilla Ayine, Nutrition, Dietetics and Hospitality Management, “The children’s eating behaviors: Relation to child weight status and maternal education”
  • 3rd Place: Ebenezer Harrison, Consumer and Design Sciences, “Brand personification strategies in real time marketing on Twitter: Drivers of consumer engagement”

College and School Awards

  1. College of Agriculture
  • Undergraduate Winner: Rachel Osborne, Poultry Science, “Analysis of poultry processing wastewater microbial load throughout wastewater stream”
  • Graduate Winner: Aya Hussain, Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, “Relationship between aerobic scope and thermal tolerance of white-legged shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) in low-salinity culture systems”
  1. College of Architecture, Design, & Construction
  • Undergraduate Winner: Cecily Anderson and Breck Bowen, Environmental Design, “Auburn refugee project”
  • Graduate Winner: N/A
  1. Raymond J. Harbert College of Business
  • Undergraduate Winner: N/A
  • Graduate Winner: Alexander Hamrick and Sana Zafar, Management, “The good, the bad, and the lucky: Causal attributions for prior outcomes and subsequent risk-taking”
  1. College of Education
  • Undergraduate Winner: Mary McCullough, Kinesiology, “Stride hip internal rotation is associated with pain in collegiate softball pitchers”
  • Graduate Winner: Christopher Loftin, Music Education, “Visual engagement: Name standards and choral large group assessment rubrics”
  1. Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
  • Undergraduate Winner: Peter Abraham, Chemical Engineering, “Obesity modulates the colorectal cancer tumor transcriptome in a consensus molecular subtype-specific manner “
  • Graduate Winner: Amod Parkhi, Chemical Engineering, “Carbon dioxide capture from the pulp and paper mill limekiln: Process and techno-economic analysis”
  1. School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
  • Undergraduate Winner: Autumn Reynolds, Sustainable Biomaterials & Packaging, “Cost efficient functionalized bio-based aerogels for microcystin L-R removal from surface water”
  • Graduate Winner: Javier Hernandez Diaz, Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, “Lignin nanoparticles for protective coatings of mass timber products”
  1. College of Human Sciences
  • Undergraduate Winner: Erin Casolaro, Hunger Solutions, “Financial implications of personal gardening among elderly in rural Alabama”
  • Graduate Winner: Erin Cooper, Human Development and Family Studies, “Dyadic links among Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), mindfulness, and relationship quality in couple relationship education (CRE) study participants at program entry”
  1. College of Liberal Arts
  • Undergraduate Winner: Zoe Lakin, Art History, “Lilla Cabot Perry: experimental painting and gendered spaces in Impressionism”
  • Graduate Winner: N/A
  1. School of Nursing
  • Undergraduate Winner: N/A
  • Graduate Winner: N/A
  1. Harrison School of Pharmacy
  • Undergraduate Winner: N/A
  • Graduate Winner:  Kelli McDonald, Pharmacology, “Neuroprotective signaling metabolite, β-hydroxybutyrate, reduces oxidative stress and augments mitochondrial functions in hippocampal neurons”
  1. College of Sciences and Mathematics
  • Undergraduate Winner: Davis Arthur, Physics, “Development of a multiparticle spectrometer)”
  • Graduate Winner: Jenna Pruett, Biological Sciences, “Developmental temperatures differentially affect survival across life stages”
  1. College of Veterinary Medicine
  • Undergraduate Winner: Anna Wilson, “Evaluation of neurotransmitter concentrations in the prefrontal cerebral cortical gray matter of cats with phosphoprotein enriched in astrocytes 15 kDa (PEA15) loss of function”
  • Graduate Winner: Anne Maguire, Biomedical Sciences, Intravenous AAV gene therapy improves pre-and post-mortem outcomes in a feline model of Sandhoff Disease”
  1. Auburn University at Montgomery
  • Undergraduate Winner: N/A
  • Graduate Winner: N/A

Poster Presentation Winners

  1. University-Wide Undergraduate Winners in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
  • 1st Place: Anna Solomonik, Drug Discovery and Development, “Evaluating the effects of chemotherapeutics on dopaminergic cells”
  • 2nd Place: Madison Hogans, Veterinary Medicine, “Elucidation of canine adenovirus type 2 tropism can lead to improved cancer gene therapy”
  • 3rd Place: Audrey Hall, Drug Discovery and Development, “Identification of antibacterial compounds from Psidium guajava extracts using LC–MS chemical fingerprinting and profiling”
  1. University-Wide Graduate Winners in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
  • 1st Place: Manjusha Annaji, Pharmaceutical Sciences, “Meloxicam coated 3D printed stainless steel implants to prevent implant rejections”
  • 2nd Place: Kaniz Afroz Tanni, Pharmaceutical Sciences-Health Outcomes Research and Policy, “Comparative effectiveness of eribulin in metastatic breast cancer (MBC): a systematic review and meta-analysis”
  • 3rd Place: Sarah Ezell, Anatomy Physiology and Pharmacology, “Genetic analysis of the cannabinoid receptor – 1 gene in three beagle dogs”
  1. University-Wide Undergraduate Student Winners in Human Sciences, Social Sciences, Creative Arts, Nursing and Humanities
  • 1st Place: “Sally Ann Missildine, Interior Design, “Designing a hotel room that accommodates a large family”
  • 2nd Place: Rebecca McDuffie, Nursing, “The correlation between loneliness, isolation and adverse health outcomes in the elderly population”
  • 3rd Place Molly Cassidy, Kinesiology, “Electromyographic analysis of shoulder rotation strength testing positions”
  1. University-Wide Graduate Student Winners in Human Sciences, Social Sciences, Creative Arts, and Humanities
  • 1st Place: Kassandra Ross, Consumer and Design Sciences, “Medicare plan decisions: what strategy do older adults use for e-healthcare decision-making and what intelligent assistance do they need?”
  • 2nd Place: Rongzi Li, Nutrition, “Beneficial effects of exercise and/or genistein treatment on high-fat, high-sugar diet-induced brain damage in C57BL/6 mice”
  • 3rd Place: Xiaowen Ding, Nutrition, “Role of nerve growth factor in insulin resistance amelioration and cognitive performance improvement in diabetic mouse brain”

College and School Awards

  1. College of Agriculture
  • Undergraduate Winner: Emily Munroe, Entomology and Plant Pathology, “Evidence of non-antagonistic interactions between yeast and bacteria on plants in the Auburn Arboretum”
  • Graduate Winner: Marc Presume, Food Science, “Evaluation of physical characteristics of pet treats generated from chicken organ meats blends”
  1. College of Architecture, Design, & Construction
  • Undergraduate Winner: Natalie Hamlin, Environmental Design, “The role of a built environment design solution to provide multi-systemic solutions for cultural issues in Auburn, Alabama”
  • Graduate Winner: N/a
  1. Raymond J. Harbert College of Business
  • Undergraduate Winner N/A
  • Graduate Winner: Yeosong Yoon, Finance, “Application of difference-in-difference strategies in finance: the case of natural disasters and bank responses”
  1. College of Education
  • Undergraduate Winner: Arianna Fernandez, Kinesiology, “Self-control feedback paradigm: is engagement in error estimation behind the learning effect?”
  • Graduate Winner: Emma Quadlander, Counselor Education, “Analysis of sleep disturbances in adult ADHD patients using CliniCom™ psychiatric assessment software”
  1. Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
  • Undergraduate Winner: Will Beattie, Civil Engineering, “CO2 storage in geological formation: Pore network properties and permeability”
  • Graduate Winner: Sheng Dong, Civil Engineering, “Aerobic biotransformation of 8:2 fluorotelomer alcohol in AFFF-impacted soil”
  1. School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
  • Undergraduate Winner: N/A
  • Graduate Winner: Yufei Nan, Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, “Polyethylenimine functionalized TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofiber hydrogel as an efficient adsorbent for toxic anionic and cationic dyes removal from wastewater”
  1. College of Human Sciences
  • Undergraduate Winner: Rebekah Magnusson, Human Development and Family Studies, “Applying social indicators data to Etowah & Dallas counties”
  • Graduate Winner: Menglin Wei, Human Development and Family Studies, “Couple and family functioning during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic”
  1. College of Liberal Arts
  • Undergraduate Winner: Amelia Hill, Spanish, “Development of declarative cloze probability sentences in Spanish for use in L2 studies”
  • Graduate Winner: Taylor Kerr, Audiology, “Effects of dance training on the vestibular-ocular reflex (VOR)”
  1. School of Nursing
  • Undergraduate Winner: Emily Herring, Nursing, “The effects of a yoga intervention on quality of life, anxiety, and pulmonary function in a pediatric population”
  • Graduate Winner: N/A
  1. Harrison School of Pharmacy
  • Undergraduate Winner: Victoria Jiminez, Pharmacy, “The role of FMO3 induces nonalcoholic hepatic steatosis”
  • Graduate Winner: Austin Moore, Drug Discovery and Development, “Meta-analysis of SARS-CoV-2-induced central nervous system disorders”
  1. College of Sciences and Mathematics
  • Undergraduate Winner: Dorella Fawwal, Biological Sciences, “Streptomyces poriferae nov., a novel Streptomyces species from marine sponges that produces metabolites that inhibit the growth of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)”
  • Graduate Winner: Adam Pfeifle, Physics, “Tunable valley splitting in two-dimensional materials via external fields”
  1. College of Veterinary Medicine
  • Undergraduate Winner: Daniel Patton, Veterinary Medicine, “Production of Anti-PD1 antibody by modified Canine Adenovirus-2”
  • Graduate Winner: Chetan Pundkar, Biomedical Sciences, “Generation and characterization of anti-IL-17A Nanobody for the treatment of HSV-1 induced corneal immunopathology”
  1. Auburn University at Montgomery
  • Undergraduate Winner: Haley Hobbs and Tovah Hickman, Biology, “Does snail preference to nonnative plant species play a role in shaping plant communities in Alabama?”
  • Graduate Winner: N/A
Auburn Research: Virtual Symposium 2020
  1. University-Wide Undergraduate Winners in Human Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
  • 1st Place: Natalie Williams, Microbiology, “Biocidal properties of Europa Lander solid rocket motor adhesive, Loctite® EA9394, against Hypsibius dujardini
  • 2nd Place: Allison Dees, Biological Sciences, “Communal egg-laying behavior and the consequences of egg-aggregation in the brown anole (Anolis sagrei)”
  • 3rd Place : Davis Arthur, Physics, “Development of a multi-particle spectrometer”
  1. University-Wide Undergraduate Winners in Human Sciences, Social Science, and Creative Arts, and Humanities
  • 1st Place: Regan Shaw, Kinesiology, “Comparison of knee valgus during the single leg squat and softball pitch”
  • 2nd Place: Ryleigh Randall, Kinesiology, “Mitochondrial network dynamics: benefits of a high metabolic demand (lactation) condition in rats”
  • 3rd Place: Beatriz Carmona, Nutrition, “Circadian disruption of core clock genes Bmal-1, Reverb-a, Per2, and Cry-1 in adipose tissue due to western diet-induced obesity”

College and School Awards

1. College of Agriculture

  • Undergraduate Winner: Jorge Sandoval, Poultry Science, “Effect of particle size and oil addition on near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) nutrient analysis of ground corn”
  • Graduate Winner: Shreya Sadhukhan, Entomology and Plant Pathology, “Altered disease severity and population dynamics of Xanthomonas perforans on tomato & pepper upon co-infection with Pseudomonas cichorii and Xanthomonas arboricola”

2. College of Architecture, Design, & Construction

  • Undergraduate Winner: N/A
  • Graduate Winner: Laura Lopez, Landscape Architecture, “Day-lighting Parkerson Mill Creek to reveal aquatic ecosystems”

3. Raymond J. Harbert College of Business

  • Undergraduate Winner: N/A
  • Graduate Winner: Nguyen Nguyen, Finance, “Financial literacy and the choice of alternative financial services by underbanked and unbanked households”

4. College of Education

  • Undergraduate Winner: Abigail Cramer, Exercise Science, “Trunk lateral flexion differences between the fastball and curveball pitch in collegiate softball pitchers”
  • Graduate Winner: Nicole Guilford, Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology, “Tiered collaboration: addressing the impact of high poverty school culture on novice teachers”

5. Samuel Ginn College of Engineering

  • Undergraduate Winner: Justin Box, Biosystems Engineering, “Development of algal-bacterial wastewater treatment systems that are effective in the presence of antimicrobial processing aids used in the poultry processing industry“
  • Graduate Winner: Archana Bansode, Polymer and Fiber Engineering, “Preparation of phenol-formaldehyde resins using the lignocellulosic biomass (lignin, lignin and lignocellulosic pyrolysis biooilbio-oil) for use as a wood adhesive”

6. School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences

  • Undergraduate Winner: Alexandria Hancock, Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, “The impacts of wild pig (Sus scrofa) rooting on soil macroinvertebrate abundance in southeast Alabama”
  • Graduate Winner: John Mensah, Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, “Does bark beetle associated fungi contribute to loblolly pine decline and mortality?”

7. College of Human Sciences

  • Undergraduate Winner: Mallory Harvey, Interior Design, “Evaluating acoustic design in adult education spaces for autism”
  • Graduate Winner: Haley Sherman, Human Development and Family Studies, “Assessing dimensions of combat exposure among soldiers and implications for mental health”

8. College of Liberal Arts

  • Undergraduate Winner: Jhayla Isom, Psychology, “Off-campus students’ participation gap linked to difficulties with transportation and parking”
  • Graduate Winner: Sarah Krichbaum, Psychology, “Comparing dog and human olfactory working memory using an odor span task”

9. School of Nursing

  • Undergraduate Winner: N/A
  • Graduate Winner: N/A

10. Harrison School of Pharmacy

  • Undergraduate Winner: Brett Cocke, Drug Discovery and Development, “Reduced SIRT3 potentiates injury in the diabetic heart”
  • Graduate Winner: Rachel Rice, VCOM/Pharmacy, “Investigating the neuroprotective effects of extra-virgin olive oil on the blood-brain barrier in Alzheimer’s patients”

11. College of Sciences and Mathematics

  • Undergraduate Winner: Laura Minton, Chemistry and Biochemistry, “The effect of a pH-dependent arginine switch on protein-based cofactor formation in Catalase-peroxidase (KatG)”
  • Graduate Winner: Zexi Xing, Physics, “Water production rates and activity of interstellar comet 2I/Borisov”

12. College of Veterinary Medicine

  • Graduate Winner: Ferrin Antony, Pathobiology, “IFN-λ regulates early events in HSV-I induced corneal immunopathology”

13. Auburn University at Montgomery

  • Undergraduate Winner: N/A
  • Graduate Winner: Denise Burgos, Clinical Psychology, “Does a defendant’s ascribed socio-economic status impact mock jurors’ verdict and sentencing decisions?”
Auburn Research: Student Symposium 2019

University-Wide Winners in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Oral Presentations:

1st Place: Gabrielle Bradley, Chemical Engineering, “Investigating LAP-initiated photocrosslinking for the formation of engineered cardiac tissue”

2nd Place: Luke Anderson, Chemical Engineering, “Varying polymer matrix composition of engineered prostate tumor tissues to mimic the full range of tumor stiffnesses found in vivo”

3rd Place: Kacie Florus, Biomedical Sciences, “The effects of phosphoprotein enriched in astrocytes-15 (PEA15) on cerebral endothelial and neuronal cell density in domestic cats”

Poster Presentations:

1st Place: Mary Claire Carlton, Drug Discovery/Pharmaceutics, “Investigating the neuroprotective effects of dexamethasone against MPTP-induced neurotoxicity”

2nd Place: Bryan Holmes, Biosystems Engineering, “Modeling of photosynthetic aeration for energy efficient wastewater treatment”

3rd Place: Jamie Cronin, Biological Sciences, “Effects of lifetime exposure of dietary methylmercury in zebra finch pancreatic function”

University-Wide Award Winners in Social Science, Education, and Creative Scholarship in Design, Arts and Humanities

Oral Presentations:

1st Place: Ian Shannon, Environmental Design, “Urban hygge: Public space, urban design, and their impacts on mental health”

2nd Place: Carter Hadley, Architecture, “Elements of incremental architecture and their applications in a broader context”

3rd Place: Katherine Ferguson, Architecture, “Rural studio breathing wall mass timber research”

Poster Presentations:

1st Place: Casey Littleton, Human Development and Family Studies, “Usefulness of a research-based parenting newsletter: A comparison of child-rearing information sources”

2nd Place: Peyton Kuhlers, Nutrition, “Validation of an in vitro non-alcoholic

steatohepatitis Cas9 model”

3rd Place: Hannah Epperson, Communication Disorders, “Neuromuscular

natal infants: Implications for nmes therapy for dysphagia”

College and School Awards

1. College of Agriculture

Oral Winner: Serena Thompson, Animal Sciences, “Evaluation of summer annual forage mixtures for nutritive quality and sugarcane aphid infestations in Alabama”

Poster Winner: William Byrd, Entomology and Plant Pathology, “Effect of mixed infestations on plant-mediated host location in the parasitoid Microplitiscroceipes”

2. College of Architecture, Design, & Construction

Oral Winner: Louisa McPherson, Victoria Shay, Grace Littlefield, Nicholas Bruno, Shijin Ding, Architecture, “Urban city structures in the pre-modern era”

Poster Winner: Kyra Stark, Design, “Designing for climate at a fundamental level”

3. Raymond J. Harbert College of Business

Oral Winner: N/A

Poster Winner: Carolina Williams, Marketing, “The expected surprise”

4. College of Education

Oral Winner: Abigail Brittain, Kinesiology, “Psychological states, injury, and functional movement within collegiate students: A relationship analysis”

Poster Winner: Abigail Putz, Curriculum and Teaching, “Self-efficacy of mainstream pre-service and in-service teachers for English language learners”

5. Samuel Ginn College of Engineering

Oral Winner: Marisa Rodriguez, Chemical Engineering, “Analyzing the effects of surface energy on algae with specialized attachment mechanisms”

Poster Winner: Mike Wietstruk, Aerospace Engineering, “Aerodynamic response of a red-tailed hawk to a vertical gust”

6. School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences

Oral Winner: Arielle Fay, Wildlife Sciences, “Impacts of wild pigs on acorn availability as a food source for native wildlife”

Poster Winner: James Shortnacy, Wildlife Sciences, “Estimating illegal take of white-tailed deer over bait in east Alabama”

7. College of Human Sciences

Oral Winner: N/A

Poster Winner: Benjamin Cage, Human Development and Family Studies, “Examination of sibling relationships in college-aged adults”

College and School Awards

8. College of Liberal Arts

Oral Winner: Lauren Allison, Communication Disorders, “Vocal dose for rhythm-based indoor cycling instructors: with and without amplification”

Poster Winner: Katelyn Day, Foreign Languages and Literature, “Ay, cómo me duele. . . The effects of language barriers in accessing quality health care for Latina women in rural areas”

9. School of Nursing

Oral Winner: N/A

Poster Winners: Taylor Ann Atkins, Ann Marie Dean, Carolanne Spearman, Lindsey McCormick, & Lydia Hafer, Nursing, “The effects of exercise on adolescent depression”

10. Harrison School of Pharmacy

Oral Winner: Tyler Lynd, Biomedical Sciences, “Honokiol ameliorates MPP+induced neurotoxicity in an in vitro Parkinson’s model”

Poster Winner: Soorya Gokulan Rajendran, Drug Discovery and Development, “Assessing the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetic effects of designer drugs using computational design”

11. College of Sciences and Mathematics

Oral Winner: Hannah Taylor, Biological Sciences, “Recombination rate plasticity in Drosophila pseudoobscura”

Poster Winner: Noah Gibson, Chemistry and Biochemistry, “Gallium (III) catalyzed formation of Cu2O nanocrystals as a potential pathway for controlled growth and morphology via a hot injection synthesis”

12. College of Veterinary Medicine

Oral Winner: N/A

Poster Winner: Karly Laprocina, Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, “Identifying a novel population in the adrenal gland cortex”

13.Auburn University at Montgomery

Oral: N/A

Poster: Carolina De Bovi Pontes, Chemistry and Biochemistry, “Cloning, expression and purification of human mitochondrial molecular chaperone Tid1”

Auburn Research: Student Symposium 2018

University-Wide Award Winners in Science (Physical, Biological, Forestry and Wildlife, Agriculture), Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Oral Presentations:

1st Place: Gabrielle Gilmer, “The relationship between serum relaxin concentrations and knee kinematics during a single leg squat” (Chemical Engineering/Kinesiology)

2nd Place: Michael Izzo, “Bioinspired and sustainable improvement of the crack resistance of clayey soils” (Civil Engineering)

3rd Place: Madison Gohlke, “Characterization of mitochondrial variation between oocytes harvested from lean and obese pigs” (Animal Sciences)

Poster Presentations:

1st Place: Dorothy Mitchell, “The fine structure of the tentacular apparatus of Mnemiopsis leidyi” (Biological Sciences)

2nd Place: Hua (Amanda) Fang, “Effects of SIRT3 on posttranslational modification in the mitochondria of diabetic hearts” (Biomedical Sciences/Pharmacy)

3rd Place: Jared Hudson, “Effect of Initial Stiffness and Slip Force of Friction Force Damper on Response of Steel Structure to Wind and Seismic Loads” (Civil Engineering)

University-Wide Award Winners in Social Science, Education, and Creative Scholarship in Design, Arts and Humanities

Oral Presentations:

1st Place: Lisa Maggi, “Experiential urbanism: an unaverage approach to understanding cities” (Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture)

2nd Place:  Kathryn Cutler, “Small changes, big impact: Development of a research-based infographic with cost-effective interior design solutions for senior living communities in the state of Alabama” (Interior Design)

3rd Place: Haley Todd, “Case study: Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA)” (Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work)

Poster Presentations:

1st Place: Madeline Wrolson, “Body Esteem, Presence of Anxiety and Depression, and Ethnicity in a Rural Population” (Psychology)

2nd Place: Peyton Camp, “Task-Based Learning: a Pedagogical Approach to Second Language Acquisition” (Foreign Languages and Literature)

3rd Place: Jacob Verhine, “The Pedagogical Applications of Absolute Spectral Tone Color: An Analysis of Current Research and Avenues for Future Study” (Music)

College and School Awards

1. College of Sciences and Mathematics

a. Oral: Sydney Bergstresser, “Identifying RECQL variants as breast cancer risk factors in European and African Americans” (Biological Sciences)

b. Poster: Drew Bonner, “Mapping enhancer regions for genes associated with neurodegenerative diseases” (Biological Sciences)

2. College of Liberal Arts

a. Oral: Bo Segrest, “Preaching culture: how Methodist missions changed slave culture in Antigua” (History)

b. Poster: Reid Williams, “Adolescent’s willingness to change” (Psychology)

3. Samuel Ginn College of Engineering

a. Oral: Ryan LaGrone, “The relative importance of steric and electronic effects in 1,3-diene photoisomerization” (Chemical Engineering)

b. Poster: Michael Wietstruk, “A novel gust generator design to study the aerodynamic response of birds to turbulent conditions” (Aerospace Engineering)

4. College of Architecture, Design, and Construction

a. Oral: N/A

b. Poster: Isaac Turkington, “Explorations in mass timber through the development of interlocking cross laminated timber (iCLT)” (Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture)

College and School Awards

5. School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences

a. Oral: Alisia Diamond, “The prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in resident and migratory songbirds in the Southeastern United States” (Wildlife Ecology and Management)

b. Poster: Hannah Kelly, “Evaluating Toxoplasmosis gondii: in Invasive Wild Pigs (Sus scorfa)” (Wildlife Ecology and Management)

6. College of Education

a. Oral: Allison Epperson, ““Don’t Stop Believin”: Music style’s effect on physiological and psychological function (Chemistry Education/Music)

b. Poster: Abby Brittain, “Swing mechanics of the offside forehand in professional female polo athletes” (Kinesiology)

7. College of Human Sciences

a. Oral: Holly Parker, “Diet diversity in Andasibe, Madagascar” (Nutrition)

b. Poster: Brooke Polinsky and Connor Koch, “High fat diet with impairing autophagy and induces deposition of oligomeric/fibrillar species of Amyloid-β in Mice Brain” (Nutrition)

8. College of Agriculture

a. Oral: N/A

b. Poster: Mary Toohey, “Stability of rebaudioside a in citrate buffer as affected by iron and UV light exposure” (Food Science)

Auburn Research: Student Symposium 2017

First Place Winners

Oral presentation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math: Jennifer Kaczmarek
Title: “Direct production of human engineered cardiac tissues by pluripotent stem cell encapsulation in gelatin methacryloyl”

Oral presentation in Research and Creative Scholarship in Design, Arts and Humanities: Kelsie Shipley
Title: “The unpublished Roman à Clef: private fiction and public figures at the turn of the 19th century in The Navy Officer”

Poster presentation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math: David Hall
Title: “Controlling size and surface properties of PLGA nanoparticles for vaccine delivery system”

Poster presentation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math: Ethan Hofer
Title: “Controlling the ion distribution in electroactive polymers for more dynamic actuation response”

Poster presentation in Research and Creative Scholarship in Design, Arts and Humanities: Crystal Harrell
Title: “Reconstructing post-emancipation communities through the preservation of African American cemeteries”

Second Place Winners

Oral presentation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math: James Smith
Title: “Multi-Bend Antenna Optimization by Genetic Algorithms”

Oral presentation in Research and Creative Scholarship in Design, Arts and Humanities: Hannah Skjellum
Title: “Reviving the mother of the blues: a continuation of the reconsideration of Ma Rainey as an important black queer figure”

Poster presentation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math: Marlee Morgan
Title: “In vivo effects of deepwater horizon crude oil and corexit dispersant on rodent hematological markers”

Poster presentation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math: Trevor Cofer
Title: “Fresh market tomato yield and quality as affected by potassium rates and sources”

Poster presentation in Research and Creative Scholarship in Design, Arts and Humanities: Peyton Camp
Title: “Understanding engagement and motivation in learning a complex motor skill”

Third Place Winners

Oral presentation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math: Jiyeong Choi
Title: “Patterns of Ni concentration among populations of the high-Ni insect Melanotrichus boydi (Hemiptera: Miridae), a specialist on the Ni hyperaccumulator plant Streptanthus polygaloides (Brassicaceae)”

Oral presentation in Research and Creative Scholarship in Design, Arts and Humanities: Katie Brown
Title: “Researching food insecurity at Auburn University”

Poster presentation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math: Philip Wang
Title: “Role of carotenoids as antioxidants in Tigriopus californicus”

Poster presentation in Research and Creative Scholarship in Design, Arts and Humanities: Natalie Stephens
Title: “Teaching spatial visualization in chemistry”

Auburn Research: Student Symposium 2016

First Place Winners

Oral presentation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math: Sara Rains
Title: Identifying effective community development practicies in Ecuador

Oral presentation in Research and Creative Scholarship in Design, Arts and Humanities: Abigail Katsoulis
Title: ARCHIBET

Poster presentation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math: Martin Wang
Title: Computational study of electrostatically tunable band offsets in MoS2 multilayers

Poster presentation in Research and Creative Scholarship in Design, Arts and Humanities: Ryan Bowen
Title: Generation of new landscape forms through mold making, digital, and mixed media experimentation.

Second Place Winners

Oral presentation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math: Doyon Kim
Title: Variations of Toeplitz’ Conjecture

Oral presentation in Research and Creative Scholarship in Design, Arts and Humanities: Emma Hyche
Title: Inmate labor and its connections to historical systems of racial labor exploitation

Poster presentation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math: Christina Pickering
Title: Development of gold-lipidic nanocomposites for cancer improved chemotherapeutic delivery

Poster presentation in Research and Creative Scholarship in Design, Arts and Humanities: AJ Dessert
Title: Pediatric trauma and disease control center

Third Place Winners

Oral presentation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math: Matthew George
Title: Effects of door width on wild pig entrance into traps

Oral presentation in Research and Creative Scholarship in Design, Arts and Humanities: Max Zinner
Title: When church and state collide: Mormonism and polygamy in the late 19th century

Poster presentation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math: Jeffry Iskandar
Title: Production of bio-oil by hydrothermal liquefaction of algae

Poster presentation in Research and Creative Scholarship in Design, Arts and Humanities: Lauren Thomas
Title: Hospital Saint Paul de Tarsa


2016 Awards Ceremony
View the program for the 2016 poster and oral presentations

Auburn Research: Student Symposium 2015

First Place Winners

Oral presentation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math: William Roberts
Title: Depth estimation with a plenoptic camera.

Oral presentation in Research and Creative Scholarship in Design, Arts and Humanities: Shaun Armstead
Title: Feminized battlegrounds: Internationalisms at the 1975 United Nations’ World Conferences for International Women’s Year in Mexico City.

Poster presentation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math: Sara Emily McCarty
Title:Differential gene expression in Xylella fastidiosa under increased calcium conditions.

Poster presentation in Research and Creative Scholarship in Design, Arts and Humanities: Richard Bryant
Title: In between: Addressing the problem of an aging school infrastructure.

Second Place Winners

Oral presentation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math: Shelbie Keel
Title: The effects of the implementation of the Help America Vote Act on election administration and voter confidence.

Oral presentation in Research and Creative Scholarship in Design, Arts and Humanities: Matthew Pollock
Title:From Dahrar to Déorwine: Examining Tolkien’s interpretation of sound symbolism.

Poster presentation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math: Joseph Pearman and Nicolas Pinones
Title:Synthesis and select biological activity of substituted butenolides.

Poster presentation in Research and Creative Scholarship in Design, Arts and Humanities: Kristin Dobbs
Title: Non-biodegradable waste impacts and management solutions.

Third Place Winners

Oral presentation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math: Audrey McCandless
Title: Effects of metronomic topotecan on prostate cancer metabolism.

Oral presentation in Research and Creative Scholarship in Design, Arts and Humanities: Lindsey Smith
Title:Antebellum & artillery ancestry.

Poster presentation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math: Whitney Rogers
Title: Effectiveness of novel zinc oxide nanoparticles on preventing biofilm growth of various vascular bacterial plant pathogens.

Poster presentation in Research and Creative Scholarship in Design, Arts and Humanities: Adam Levet and Megan Wood
Title: Urban Studio: The power of redundancy.

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